The code of Chivalry is a code a knight is expected to follow by his behavior from his king and for the other king's knights as well. The word " chivalry" came from the French word "chevalier " which means "knight". This code expected a knight to be courageous, true to his word, loyal, honorable, brave, and todefend his church. The king needed his knights to be sincere, well educated, truethful, physicaly fit, capable of doing what they are told, noble, and servient. If a knight broke any of these vows he swore to always follow, he could end up as what the people called an"undignified knight". Being an "undignified knight " was the worst insult a knight could get because he put a lot of hard work into bieng a respected knight. If he was an "undignified knight", all of the hard work a knight did would have been done for absolutely nothing. Even though breaking the rules means that the knight technically would not be a knight anymore, the knight could still be emenseley honored.
Some of the people in a knight's life included- the king, the knight's family, and a few vassals, or people who held land for the knight and in exchange gave him loyalty and civil service.
In "Arthurian Romances" by Chritien de Troyes, all knights were expected to keep his country safe from the many enemies the kingdom had.
Below is the 10 commandmentsof a knight:
1. Thou shalt believe all that the Church teaches, and shalt observe all its directions.
2. Thou shalt defend the Church.
3. Thou shalt repect all weaknesses, and shalt constitute thyself the defender of them.
4. Thou shalt love the country in the which thou wast born.
5. Thou shalt not recoil before thine enemy.
6. Thou shalt make war against the Infidel without cessation, and without mercy.
7. Thou shalt perform scrupulously thy feudal duties, if they be not contrary to the laws of God.
8. Thou shalt never lie, and shall remain faithful to thy pledged word.
9. Thou shalt be generous, and give largess to everyone.
10. Thou shalt be everywhere and always the champion of the Right and the Good against Injustice and Evil
Resources:
1.www.middle-ages.org
2.www.google.com
3.www.wikipedia.com
4.www.astro.umd.edu
5.www.oppapers.com
6."Arthurian Romances" by: chretien de Troyes
7. The Round Table by Emily Dennis
The Code of Knighthood
:)By: Jennifer Tucker:)
The code of Chivalry is a code a knight is expected to follow by his behavior from his king and for the other king's knights as well. The word " chivalry" came from the French word "chevalier " which means "knight". This code expected a knight to be courageous, true to his word, loyal, honorable, brave, and todefend his church. The king needed his knights to be sincere, well educated, truethful, physicaly fit, capable of doing what they are told, noble, and servient. If a knight broke any of these vows he swore to always follow, he could end up as what the people called an"undignified knight". Being an "undignified knight " was the worst insult a knight could get because he put a lot of hard work into bieng a respected knight. If he was an "undignified knight", all of the hard work a knight did would have been done for absolutely nothing. Even though breaking the rules means that the knight technically would not be a knight anymore, the knight could still be emenseley honored.
Some of the people in a knight's life included- the king, the knight's family, and a few vassals, or people who held land for the knight and in exchange gave him loyalty and civil service.
In "Arthurian Romances" by Chritien de Troyes, all knights were expected to keep his country safe from the many enemies the kingdom had.
Below is the 10 commandmentsof a knight:
1. Thou shalt believe all that the Church teaches, and shalt observe all its directions.
2. Thou shalt defend the Church.
3. Thou shalt repect all weaknesses, and shalt constitute thyself the defender of them.
4. Thou shalt love the country in the which thou wast born.
5. Thou shalt not recoil before thine enemy.
6. Thou shalt make war against the Infidel without cessation, and without mercy.
7. Thou shalt perform scrupulously thy feudal duties, if they be not contrary to the laws of God.
8. Thou shalt never lie, and shall remain faithful to thy pledged word.
9. Thou shalt be generous, and give largess to everyone.
10. Thou shalt be everywhere and always the champion of the Right and the Good against Injustice and Evil
Resources:
1.www.middle-ages.org
2.www.google.com
3.www.wikipedia.com
4.www.astro.umd.edu
5.www.oppapers.com
6."Arthurian Romances" by: chretien de Troyes
7. The Round Table by Emily Dennis